Night With Elvis DRAGG Fund Raiser

DRAGG - An after-school program that provides a positive environment for Santa Barbara teens to improve their self-worth while gaining marketable automotive skills. Teens will receive mentoring by law enforcement officers & community members, establishing a network of support for continued education and job placement.

Drag Racing Against Gangs & Graffiti (DRAGG)

Hi IAPA Members,
The SB DRAGG program is taking off and kids are already turning in their applications.
The DRAGG shop located at 926 Indio Muerto is under construction and hopefully ready by the end of the month. Classes will start at the beginning of February.
Armand Hammer Foundation and Bunnin Chevrolet have graciously paid for a 2018 SS Camaro as the new Santa Barbara DRAGG promotion vehicle and is currently being transformed in a police DRAGG vehicle. It will be revealed at the Arlington Theatre during the show and shine car show before the Night with Elvis show.
The Show and Shine car show will start at 1pm and the Elvis show will start at 330pm.
$15.00 for kids under 12
General seating is $25.00
Preferred seating is $50.00
VIP seating is $100 with access to the VIP lounge with hosted bar and appetizers.
If you want to bring your pre 1975 car to show at the event it is $100 which included two preferred seating tickets and 2 event T-Shirts. Attached is also a sponsor/car show form to register a car for the show or to pass along.

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IAPASB

Do not miss out on being a part of a trade association comprised of highly professional automotive repair specialists. Our Dinner Meetings and Shop Nights provide a wonderful opportunity to network with other professionals to discuss and find possible solutions to technical problems / fixes, management situations, etc. We provide business resources for our members and promote professionalism in the automotive service industry.

California Green
Repair Shops

IAPA Member automotive repair facilities and parts shops that have found cost effective ways to help protect the world we live in. Performing excellent quality repairs and service in such a way that the resources used are noteable less then otherwise. In doing this, our automotive repair facilities attract the most highly skilled employees in the market place. We strive to create goodwill between the motoring public and the automotive profession. This creates an atmosphere of personal responsibility to clients.

$498.00 per year or $124.50 per quarter
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IAPA March Dinner Meeting!

Wednesday March 27th 7pm-9pm Flightline Restaurant

$30 Members
$35 Non-Members
Please consider bringing your whole team.

"Recruiting & Retaining The 21st Century Technician"

From Santa Barbara to the USA and back - 'Auto Shop' to manual-competence careers: A front-line field report on youth outreach & the nationwide movements in support of the loss of America's treasured 'Industrial Arts' education. Tips and insights about "growing our own" workforce and addressing the skills gap challenge. Is it a crisis, or a unique new opportunity for our industry to reinvent itself to be better than ever?

Speaker:
Steve Ford - The Car Guy®
Journalist, Speaker & Educator

PLEASE RSVP ONLINE

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Revised sample Tow Truck Acceptance Form/Checklist for ARD's based on passage of AB 2167. The law takes effect January 1, 2017. For more information on the new law see link to AB 2167.

New California Laws for 2017

Every year, hundreds of new laws are enacted that impact automotive repair shops in the state. Below is a short summary/highlights of some key measures that will take effect in 2017, unless otherwise noted.

2016 MACS Mobile A/C Training

Sept. 28, 2016 at the Santa Barbara City College.
You won't want to miss this highly informative seminar.
It contains some of the most up-to-date automotive A/C information available. Low-cost, high-value local training clinic from the Leader in A/C & Cooling System Information MACS, Mobile Air Conditioning Society. https://iapasb.com/PDF/SBCC2016Clinic.pdf

Oct 28, 2015

About "Write It Right - A Guide for Automotive Repair Dealers"
This publication is intended to help your business with customer transactions. It covers all aspects of automotive repair, including auto body work, as well as Smog Check program services.
The Automotive Repair Act mandates automotive repair dealers follow specific requirements when conducting business with their customers. In short, these requirements are as follows:

Keep the customer informed.

Perform only the repairs authorized by the customer.

Maintain a written record of all work performed and parts supplied.

Give copies of estimates and final invoices to the customer.

Remember, the Write it Right is only a guide. It is your responsibility to comply with the Automotive Repair Act and related laws and regulations. A current copy of the applicable laws and regulations can be found on our Web site at www.bar.ca.gov.
If you have any questions, please contact the nearest BAR field office.

Organized labor has been leading a push to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles and other cities across California and the country. | Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times

As labor unions lead a nationwide push for a higher minimum wage, the California Senate on Monday approved raising the state’s required hourly rate to $11 in 2016 and $13 in 2017.
Under Senate Bill 3, which passed by a vote of 23-15, California’s minimum wage would also begin increasing annually in 2019 based on inflation. The measure heads next to the Assembly.
“The president of the United States has defined income inequality as the defining challenge of our time,” said Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who authored the measure. “Wages are growing at the slowest rate relative to corporate profits in the history of the United States of America.
“We must do more to address this, and we can.”
Leno pursued a similar minimum wage increase last year that passed the Senate but failed in an Assembly committee.

A collaborative task force of automotive aftermarket associations and leadership representing brake pad manufacturers, distributors, retailers, dealerships, and service providers has announced the launch of an informational website to provide assistance to the vehicle repair industry in complying with the “better brake laws” enacted in California and Washington State.

The website, www.copperfreebrakes.org is now live and contains information and links to help suppliers, distributors, and service providers know what is expected of them in regards to the manufacture, sale, and installation of brake pads in those states. Read more...

9/17/2013 RE: Bureau of Automotive Repair Outreach Efforts Regarding Preventative Maintenance ServicesThe bureau of Automotive Repair has spent the last year reviewing the marketing and disclosure practices for providing fluid and flush services in the automotive repair industry. After careful review of the practices and communication of automotive repair stations as well as conduction meetings and workshops with the manufactures of vehicles and automotive fluids and chemical agents, the Bureau has decided not to pursue a new public awareness campaign at this time. Instead, the Bureau will ensure the materials we currently provide to consumers and the automotive industry contain useful information on fluid and flush services.

7/3/13 Security Breach Involving One Of BAR’s Service Providers:
Notification letter and privacy protection recommendations that are being mailed today to Smog Check stations concerning a security breach involving one of BAR’s service providers. In the event that your office receives any calls regarding this matter, please feel free to refer them to DCA’s Consumer Information Center (CIC) hotline at 1-800-952-5210.

Stations are being advised to immediately contact their financial account issuer. If they choose to close their existing account, they should tell their financial institution that their account may have been compromised and ask them to report it as “closed at customer request.” Stations that open a new account should ask their account issuer to give them a PIN number or password associated with the new account. This will help control access to the account. Stations that want more information on how to protect themselves from identity theft can visit the Web site of the Department of Justice’s Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit at www.privacy.ca.gov. The incident has been referred to law enforcement for investigation.

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IAPA
(Independent Automotive Professionals Association)
Several automotive professionals were instrumental in forming, drafting, the Charter and By-laws for IAPA and initiating the Association. IAPA originated in Santa Barbara because this group of automotive professionals saw the need for an association to give voice to not only the business professional but also as an advocate for the driving public.
IAPA's Mission statement: To provide a member driven association for the automotive professional in which representation, products, goods, service, and education (both business and technical) will be provided to our members. To serve, equally, our members, our profession, and the public by improving professional standards to ensure ethical conduct.

IAPA has a seat on the Bureau of Automotive Repair Advisory group, EDD (Employment Development Department), and has a Board seat on Cal-ABC (California Automotive Business Coalition), we affiliated with PIE (Partners In Education), and we have our own scholarship program. IAPA is active in all of these positions and more to ensure a win-win situation for our members and the motoring public.